u/Embarrassed_Tree_843

What book could you not get into despite its popularity?

Despite the fact that I am an avid gamer and I love Fantasy and Sci-Fi novels, I could not get into DCC (Dungeon Crawler Carl). I know this may be shocking for most, because everywhere you turn online, people are recommending this series, and especially for the book Bros out there I'm sure this is probably as close to a sin and you can get but I have tried to read this book multiple times and I just can't get into it. Given the premise is essentially being inside of a videogame, I figured this would be an easy win for me. Because who as a gamer doesn't want to read a book about being stuck in an RPG? Sadly I find myself bored and honestly not enveloped inside the world. While a lot is thrown at you from the beginning, that did not bother me and everything was easy to understand, I struggle to maintain interest about a third of the way through the book. I attempted to give the audiobook a shot because maybe hearing it inside of reading would provide an easier way for me to keep interest. I'm not sure if there is more than one audio book for it but the one I listened to made me dislike it even more. This is no hate toward the Narrator, at all, I think they did a fantastic job for what of the book I had listened to. However after multiple reading attempts and an audiobook attempt, I don't think this one is for me. Maybe ill try reading it again a couple years and see if it hits different for me. I'm curious to see if this same sort of thing has happened to anyone else!

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u/Embarrassed_Tree_843 — 13 hours ago

Has anyone read this?

I came across a post yesterday about a novella that I had never heard of before. Its a Sci-Fi, "Horror", Thriller. Its called Thrum by Meg Smitherman. I found it on Kindle Unlimited for anyone that uses that service. I was a tad apprehensive at first but I must admit, I absolutely CONSUMED that novella. I really enjoyed it! Its about 160 ish pages and I think it does a really good job at slowly and subtly building the "terror", while not drawing out the story with filler. Nothing is what it seems in this story. I don't want to give away any spoilers currently but I was just curious if anyone else had read this. IF you have, did you enjoy it? What were your thoughts on it? If you haven't and you like the idea of a Stockholm Syndrome Sci-Fi thriller, give it a shot!

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u/Embarrassed_Tree_843 — 17 hours ago